Summer Season: Five hydrated beverages to fend off heat wave
March 07, 2023 15:30 ISTBeverages, from buttermilk to lemon water, can assist in bringing down your body temperature while the heat wave lasts.
Beverages, from buttermilk to lemon water, can assist in bringing down your body temperature while the heat wave lasts.
India could skip the spring season entirely and enter directly into summer, as the maximum temperatures in seven states have surpassed those usually recorded in mid-March. Now IMD has issued a heatwave alert for the Konkan and Kutch regions of western and northwest India.
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IMD has predicted there'll be no significant change in maximum temperatures over many parts of northwest India till May 2, no significant change in maximum temperatures very likely over many parts of Central India and Gujarat till May 1.
Bengal had been under severe heatwave this summer. The weather forecast for southern and western districts of West Bengal for the rest of the week held out no hope for a respite with no rain in sight.
On Thursday (April 7), the maximum temperature settled at 40 degrees Celsius, five notches above the normal.
The warming of the ocean will lead to a rise in sea levels, which will contribute to more frequent and severe coastal flooding in low-level areas.
Lack of rainfall and hot winds blowing from Rajasthan was behind the severe weather condition, IMD said.
Oregon health officials said late Wednesday more than 60 deaths have been tied to the heat, with the state’s largest county, Multnomah, blaming the weather for 45 deaths since the heat wave began Friday.
Much of the US East Coast is expected to witness temperatures top 32 degrees Celsius until Wednesday, reports Xinhua news agency.
Record daily highs of heat waves were seen this week in parts of Arizona, California, New Mexico, Montana, Wyoming and Utah.
The Safdarjung Observatory, which provides representative data for the city, recorded a maximum of 38.8 degrees Celsius, four notches above normal.
India could see devastating climate change effects, including killer heat waves and severe flooding, in the next 80 years, a study has said. The study also called for urgent steps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to avert associated risks to the country's population, ecosystems, and economy.
India Meteorological Department Senior Scientist, Naresh Kumar informed that intensity of heat wave is likely to reduce from May 28.
Parts of India are facing soaring temperatures with mercury constantly breaching the 45-degree mark.
The heatwave is here! The IMD has issued a red alert for Delhi-NCR, other northern states for today and tomorrow. In small areas, like the national capital, a heatwave is declared if the temperature soars to 45 degrees Celsius even for a day, according to the IMD.
North Indian states are witnessing a high rise in mercury during summers. Delhiites are facing a tough time beating the heat.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Sunday that severe heatwave will sweep parts of Rajasthan, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and Telangana in the next five days.
Country is witnessing a rise in mercury, and the Delhiites, in particular, are having a tough time beating the heat as Palam area of the national capital reported temperature going above 45 Degrees Celsius on May 22.
The unprecedented death of nearly one million birds between 2015 and 2016, whose remains washed ashore in Alaska, US, was brought on by a severe and long-lasting marine heat wave, a new study says.
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